The giveaway is now closed. Thank you all for participating! The winner is announced at the end of this post.
Poetry is one of my driving forces. I must admit that I find it everywhere, not only in words. When I "met" Elaine from Red or Gray Art I felt excited and uplifted by the air around her and couldn't wait to present her poetic soul to you!
Poetry is one of my driving forces. I must admit that I find it everywhere, not only in words. When I "met" Elaine from Red or Gray Art I felt excited and uplifted by the air around her and couldn't wait to present her poetic soul to you!
Today I am so honored to involve you in a lovely giveaway sponsored by Red or Gray Art! Elaine is generously offering a gift certificate for her etsy store worth $20!
Once you win, you will be able to choose between any of the many intricate and truly amazing items. I promise you, you will love every single thing Elaine has created!
HOW TO ENTER:
Optional:
You must complete the mandatory entry before doing the optional. Also, leave a separate comment for each of the following:
2. Share with us your favorite poem - 1 entry
3. Like Red or Gray Art on Facebook and leave a comment here (If you are already following, just say so in the comments) - 1 entry
4. Follow Kanelstrand Organic Living publicly via Google Friend Connect - 1 entry
5. Post on Facebook about the giveaway - 1 entry Additional:
6. Traditionally, all of you, who commented under Elaine's interview (before the beginning of the giveaway) will get one more entry (just add a comment saying that you have commented on the interview)!
TERMS & CONDITIONS:
- It is possible to have up to 5 entries (6 for the readers who have already commented on Elaine's interview).
- You must leave a way for me to contact you if you win (have your email address listed in your profile, post your email address with your comment, email me or convo me in etsy).
- The deadline to enter is Friday, July 8, 2011 at 23:00 CET.
- This giveaway is open worldwide!
Comment date stamps must be recorded by 23:00 CET on Friday, July 8, 2011 to be eligible. The winner's name will be drawn via random.org and will be announced shortly after in this post, so make sure you check back to see if you won!
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And, the winner of the poetic giveaway is...
CONGRATULATIONS!
We will be contacting you soon!
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Easy, as you 2 are already in my favorites !
ReplyDeleteAlready hearted red or gray art a long time ago :)
I have always loved Red or Gray and have just hearted it!!! Yay!
ReplyDeleteMubin,
India
mubinster@gmail.com
My favourite poem... (I am so thrilled you thought of this)
ReplyDeleteBach and My Father
Six days a week my father sold shoes
To support our family through depression and war,
Nursed his wife through years of Parkinson's,
Loved nominal cigars, manhattans, long jokes,
Never kissed me, but always shook my hand.
Once he came to visit me when a Brandenburg
Was on the stereo. He listened with care—
Brisk melodies, symmetry, civility, and passion.
When it finished, he asked to hear it again,
Moving his right hand in time. He would have
Risen to dance if he had known how.
"Beautiful," he said when it was done,
My father, who'd never heard a Brandenburg.
Eighty years old, bent, and scuffed all over,
Just in time he said, "That's beautiful."
By Paul Zimmer
Mubin,
India,
mubinster@gmail.com
I long liked Red or Gray on FB and love 'like'ing and commenting on new pictures and posts...
ReplyDeleteMubin,
India
mubinster@gmail.com
And I happily commented on Elaine's lovely interview! Yay!!!
ReplyDeleteMubin,
mubinster@gmail.com
I've been a fan for a long time! She's in my favorites.
ReplyDeleteGloria
Lolailo.etsy.com
So many favorite poems! I'll choose this one:
ReplyDeletePrayer
Whatever happens. Whatever
what is is is what
I want. Only that. But that.
~ Galway Kinnell ~
Great terms I must say! the poem optional requirement is a lovely idea! Stop by my blog, I also have a giveaway with 18prizes of 300$!
ReplyDeletei heart red or gray on easy
ReplyDeleteyanuzo at hotmail dot com
i follow kanelstrand on gfc
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Hearted!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite poem of the moment is "Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Gladly Beyond" by e.e. cummings:
somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near
your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose
or if your wish be to close me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully ,suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;
nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility:whose texture
compels me with the color of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing
(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands
Red & Gray is already a fave and now you are too ... follow in Facebook as well.
ReplyDeleteFave saying:
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it! ~Goethe
I have hearted Red & Gray's etsy site.
ReplyDeleteI liked her on FB, too.
ReplyDeleteMy bounty is as boundless as the sea,
ReplyDeleteMy love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.
~Wm. Shakespeare (Romeo & Juliet)
I follow Kanelstrand Organic Living.
ReplyDeleteI hearted your shop (FataAzzurra)
ReplyDeletehearted Red or Gray Art on etsy- username bokononist
ReplyDeletemarija.majerle at gmail dot com
following you via GFC
ReplyDeletemarija.majerle at gmail dot com
i heart'd your shop: solideogloria
ReplyDeleteI have 'hearted' on etsy
ReplyDeleteI have commented on the interview post
ReplyDeleteHearted Red or Gray Art on etsy as Kaziuta
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I only found Elaine's wonderful blog today and it led me to this give-away!
ReplyDeleteOf course I hearted her beautiful shop gladly.
And I'm keeping my fingers crossed...
hearted red or gray art, love the birdies!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite poems is "Hope" is the thing with feathers - that perches in the soul... by Emily Dickinson
ReplyDeleteI "hearted" Red or Gray Art on Etsy!
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I "liked" Red or Gray Art on Facebook as Alyssa J Dannettel!
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hearted the sop - diarygirly
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I hearted Red or Gray Art on etsy! (oksana2372)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance!
ksyshenka(at)yahoo(dot)com
I like Red or Gray Art on Facebook!
ReplyDelete(oksana vladimirovna)
ksyshenka(at)yahoo(dot)com
Following Kanelstrand Organic Living publicly via Google Friend Connect! (ksyshenka)
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Shared on FB:
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(oksana vladimirovna)
ksyshenka(at)yahoo(dot)com
I hearted Red or Gray Art on etsy, my etsy username is: daer0n.
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I wouldn't coax the plant
ReplyDeleteif I were you~
such watchful nurturing may do it harm
let the soil rest from so much digging
and wait until it's dry before you water it
The leaf's inclined to find it's own direction
give it a chance to seek the sunlight for itself..Much growth is stunted by too careful prodding to eager tenderness
The things we love
we have to learn
to leave alone~
Naomi Long Madgett~
Nury77 at live dot ca
I like Red Gray Art on fb: Daeron Mel.
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I posted this giveaway on fb:
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Nury77 at live dot ca
I hearted Red or Gray Art on Etsy (hellokiki)
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I follow your blog on GFC
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I hearted your shop on Etsy
ReplyDeleteredshadow1606@gmail.com
Whose woods these are I think I know.
ReplyDeleteHis house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
redshadow1606@gmail.com
I liked on FB
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I follow on GFC
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I shared on FB
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redshadow1606@gmail.com
I follow on GFC. Thank you so much. Carolyn McIntyre, Samandcarolyn1@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI hearted Red or Grey art on Etsy. Happyhummingbird is my username there. Thank you so much. Carolyn McIntyre, Samandcarolyn1@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI like Red or Grey art on Facebook. Thank you so much. Carolyn McIntyre, Samandcarolyn1@aol.com
ReplyDeleteHere is my very favorite poem. It was hard to choose. Thank you so much! Carolyn McIntyre, Samandcarolyn1@aol.com
ReplyDeleteThe Child In Him
I loved the child in him
so innocent and sweet
The mischief in his eyes
the blush upon his cheek
The tender way he spoke
that showed me that he cared
The touch of his warm hand
that gently touched my hair
The smiles that we shared
that filled my life with glee
For when I was with him
I found the child in me
Jean Gabor
I "hearted" Red or Grey art on Etsy! Lacey414 is my username there. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteCNJCeramics hearted Red or Gray Art on Etsy.
ReplyDeleteMy Favorite poem is William Blake - Auguries of Innocence
ReplyDeleteClay Space liked Red or Gray on FB.
ReplyDeletecharie at clay-space dot com
I hearted on ETSY!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteI need you by my side
Not because
You will take care of me
Not because
You will shower love on me
Not because
You will share my concerns
Not because
You will ensure my dreams come true
I need you by my side always
As this will give me an opportunity
To witness your growth
To understand you better
To be of some help as and when you need
To be part of your joy
To cry with you when you experience pain
To offer my shoulder for you to lean upon
To keep you enthusiastically motivated
To know your dreams
To wonder at your skills as you realize them
To pass on a legacy, if it happens I have one
To fathom over your spiritual chase
To comprehend you in totality
And simply
To demonstrate my love for you
Yes
I need you very much by my side
I liked them on Facebook!
ReplyDeleteI followed this blog!
ReplyDeleteHello and TY for this possibility!
ReplyDeleteI hearted Red or Gray Art on Etsy, I am Tirabaralla on Etsy.
tirabaralla{at}yahoo{dot}com
My favourite poem is probably this:
ReplyDelete"M'illumino
d'immenso"
You can find more about it, meaning included, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Ungaretti
(under "Poetry")
tirabaralla{at}yahoo{dot}com
I liked Red or Gray Art on Facebook, I am Giovanna V. on FB.
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I am now following your blog publicly via GFC as Tirabaralla :)
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I Hearted Red or Gray Art on Etsy!
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I am following via GFC
ReplyDeletecasleycassandra at gmail dot com
Favourite poem is currently e. e. cummings:
ReplyDeletei carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
I hearted her shop...it's lovely!
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